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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “meadowy” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

60 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
meadowy164404(None) 
meadow1237401meadow_
meadows1337331meadows
shadowy1744722shadowy
adown95611663__adown
beadily1378843beadily
beady114719923bead__y
deadly113811473dead_ly
endow94510983_endow_
endows104610423_endows
headily1478623headily
headway1745553headway
heady125117263head__y
leadoff1443903leadoff
leady95618603lead__y
letdown1144263letdown
madly115218133m_ad_ly
marrowy15236083marrowy
mead75531603mead___
meads85425323mead__s
mealy104422183mea__ly
meanly115412043mea_nly
meany104620483mea__ny
measly113610443mea_sly
meatily12311093meatily
meaty107021313mea__ty
medfly1535223me_dfly
medley1298343me_dley
megadose1244493megadose
mellow114112223mellow_
mellowly16254003mellowly
mellows123812233mellows
melody1237203me_lody
meltdown1442763meltdown
memory1338803me_mory
meow95117883me__ow_
meows104612683me__ows
methoxy2243943methoxy
miaow1058353mia_ow_
miaows1145473mia_ows
mildewy16353533mildewy
peafowl1543193peafowl
readily11711403readily
readopt10410843readopt
readorn8310483readorn
readout8615513readout
ready94821503read__y
reavow1235723reavow_
reavows1335273reavows
redowa1038453re_dowa
seadog838743seado_g
seadogs958643seadogs
seafowl1343913seafowl
shadow1337253shadow_
shadows1437193shadows
teabowl1244143teabowl
teapoy1138113teapo_y
teardown1243763teardown
windowy1744643windowy
yellowy16255693yellowy

Search took 8 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911340270.406440125.6
2DLD Change Limit134027607.23618522.2
3Display Results60600.0302000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691607.67223291.3
 
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